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J. E GOEWE Y.

TUGGEL APPLICATIQN min nn..v'n. 1s19.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

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J. E GOEWEY.

TOGGLE, APPLICATION'FILED JULY 17, I919.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

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ATTORNEY UNlTEl.) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES EDWARD GQEWEY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO DIAMOND EXPANSION BOLT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TOGGLE.

Application filed July 17, 1919.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, James EDWARD Gon- WEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toggles, of which the following is a specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawin s.

y invention relates to toggles. More particularly it relates to means which will positively insure that the toggle head will rock or swing at an angle to the arm or bolt, after it has been inserted into the wall or other support.

My invention further relates to a toggle having a head provided with pivoting means midway its length, so that one end does not overbalance the other, and means to insure the rocking of the toggle head when it has been inserted in the wall.

My invention further relates to a toggle head which is not pivoted midway its length, so that one end does overbalance the other, and means to supplement the action of gravity to insure the rocking of the head, even though it may meet some slight obstruction within the wall which would prevent the action of gravity rocking the head.

My invention further relates to a toggle in which the pivoting means is midway of its length but which is over-balanced in any suitable manner, so that gravity will have a tendency to rock the head, the action of gravity being supplemented by additional means to make this rocking action positive.

My invention further relates to certain combinations and details of construction which will be more fully hereinafter described in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference numerals refer to similar parts in the diflerent figures.

F igure 1 is a perspective view showing one form of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through a wall, and the work to be supported, showing the spring compressed as the toggle head is being placed in position;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section similar to Fig. 2 but showing the head after it has been rocked by the spring;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921. Serial No. 311,627.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view on an enlarged scale of one form of resilient member Wll1Cll I preferably employ;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section through a wall and the work to be supported showing a difterent form of toggle head;

F 1g. 6 1s a vertical section similar to Fig. 3 ;but showing the same toggle head as Fi 5;

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of a different form of tog le head;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view partly broken gwacy showing a different form of toggle Fig. 9 is a perspective view of still another form of toggle head;

Fig. 10 is a vertical section showing the operation of the toggle head of Fig. 7; and

Fig. 11 is a vertical section showing the operation of the toggle head of Fig. 8i

Fig.1.? is a fragmentary perspective view. In the toggle bolts now on the market it is customary to pivot the arm or bolt to the head so that one end of the head is heavier than the other. That is, the pivot is not located substantially midway between the ends of the head. By having one end longer that end will be heavier than the other end, and consequently will have a tendency to overbalance it and cause the toggle head, as soon as it is pushed home, to assume an angle to the arm or bolt to which it is pivoted. A very slight obstruction inside the wall or support however will prevent gravity turning the head at right angles to the hole, so that the work can be secured to the wall. Such toggle heads also have been found objectionable in practice in that a comparatively long head has to be used to obtain the overbalancing feature.

By my invention I positively insure that the toggle head will assume a position at an angle to the hole, through'which it has been inserted, even though it should scrape upon some slight obstruction which would be sufficient to prevent the ordinary form of gravity toggle from operating. Further I can make my toggle head of minimum length which will not only save metal, and therefore cost of manufacture, but it will permit my toggle to be used in thin partitions, or similar walls or structures, where the free space in which the toggle has to turn or swing is too limited for the ordinary gravity toggle which has to be of unnecessary length to obtain the overbalancing feature;

in one of the simplest forms of my invention I form a toggle 1 having a head 2. Midway between the ends 3 and 4 of the headI form openings 5, 5 for the reception of the pivoting trunnion nut 6. This nut cooperates with any form of arm 7 which I have shown, for purposes of illustration, as a stove bolt. Near one end 4 of the toggle head I form an opening 8 through which is hooked the hook 9 of the spring 10, the other end of the wire spring being bent back on itself to form one or more loops 11, 11 through which passes the arm or stove bolt 7 i The normal position of the parts is that shown in Fig. 1. To position the toggle bolt the arm or stove bolt 7 is passed through the work 12 and then through the one or more loops 11, 11 and thence through the nut 6, while the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1. The end 4 of the toggle head is then pressed down by the thumb or forefinger of the operator until the parts assume the position shown in F 2. The toggle head is then pushed through the hole 13 in the wall or other support 14 until the end 4 escapes the inside surface 15 of the wall or support when the spring 10 will immediately cause the end 4 to fly up at substantially right angles to the bolt 7. By turning the bolt 7 the parts are then brought into the position shown in Fig. 3 with the work held tightly to the faces 16 of the wall 14.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a toggle head 17 of a different form in which slots 18, 18 are employed so that an ordinary square nut 19 may be placed in the toggle head and form a pivot upon which the toggle head rocks. The spring 10 has its loop 9 connected near the end 20 of the toggle 17 while its loops 11, 11 surround the bolt 22 in the same manner as previously described with the relation to the first form of toggle head. As soon as the end 20 escapes the inner surface 15 of the wall 14 it will cause that end to fly up into the position shown in Fig. 6 so that the work 12 can be securely held against the face 16 of the wall.

- The simplest form of toggle bolt made in accordance with my invention is shown in Fig. 7 in which'the head 23 is simply a bar of iron, steel or similar metal to which is pivoted an arm 24 by means of the rivet 25. This arm is screw threaded for the reception of the nut 26. The hook 9 of my spring 10 is hooked through the opening 28, near the end 27 of the toggle, and the other end is wrapped around the arm 24 with the loops 11,11. To insert this toggle bolt in the wall 14 it is merely necessary to bring the end 27 into the position shown in Fig. 10 and force it through the hole 13 until it clears the face 15 of the wall when the spring will immediately swing up the end 27 in the manner previously described.

I have shown my invention also applied to a toggle head 29, Fig. 8 in which one end of the head is made heavier than the other by forming a crimp or bend 30 in the head on one side of the pivoting shoulders 31, 31. On these shoulders a nut 32 is mounted which cooperates with the bolt 33. Near the end 34 of the toggle head I hook the hook 9 of my spring 10 through the opening 35, letting the other end form loops 11, 11 through which passes the bolt 33.

In inserting this toggle head through a wall 14, the end 34 is brought down into the position shown in Fig. 11, the entire toggle head is then passed through the opening 13 until the end 34 escapes the surface 15 of the wall when the head 29 will be brought into substantially right angles to the bolt 33 both by the spring 10 and by gravity. In this case gravity supplements the action of the spring.

In Fig. 9 I have shown a toggle head 35, now on the market, in which the screw threaded arm 36 is pivoted to the head by the rivet 37. In this form the end 38 of the head 35 is longer than the end 39 so as to obtain the overbalancing feature previously described. In this form I hook the hook 9 through the opening 40 letting the loops ll, 11 pass around the screw threaded arm 36. To insert this toggle it is merely necessary to press the end 39 down adjacent to the arm 36 and insert it in the opening 13 in the wall 14 as previously described in connection with the other forms of the toggle heads. In this form my spring 10 insures that the toggle head 35 will rock upon the pivot 37, even though the head may meet some slight obstrurtion which would prevent gravity from rocking the head.

Having thus described this invention in connection with illustrative embodiments thereof. to the details of which I do not desire to be limited, what is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. The combination in a toggle bolt of a toggle head, an arm pivoted to the toggle head, and a spring having one end connected to the toggle head and the other end formed in a loop around the arm.

2. The combination in a toggle bolt of a toggle head, pivoting means mounted in the head midway of its ends so that one end does not overbalance the other, an arm connected to said pivoting means, and means to insure the rocking of the head.

3. The combination in a toggle bolt of a toggle head formed of a single member, a nut pivotally secured to the toggle head, an arm mounted in the nut, independent means 00- ing with the toggle head and arm to fence operating with the toggle head and arm to the head to assume an angular positlon wlth 10 force the head to assume an angular position relation to the arm.

with relation to the arm.

4. The combination in a toggle bolt of a JAMES EDWARD GOEWEY' toggle head formed of a single member, a Witnesses: nut pivotally secured to the toggle head, an A. M. WILLIAMS, arm mounted in the not, a spring eooperat- M. R. RYAN. 

